Women's Golf Association of India

Tvesa, Ridhima share lead after Day 1 of the fourth Leg of the Hero WPGT

Pune, Feb 17:  Tvesa Malik produced three birdies in the closing four holes while Ridhima Dilawari had five birdies on her front nine in round one of Leg-4 of the Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour 2026 at the Poona Club Golf Course. Both carded 3-under 68 each to share the lead after Day one.

The third player in the marquee group, Vani Kapoor (69) was one shot behind in sole third, while amateur Anuradha Chaudhary (70) was the only other player to shoot an under par round and was fourth.

Tvesa, who won a play-off last week in Pune, had one bogey and one birdie on the front nine, while Ridhima ran away with five birdies. Riddhima added a sixth birdie and went 6-under, but dropped a shot on the 11th, birdied the 14th, her seventh birdie of the day, before dropping a double bogey on the 15th and a closing bogey for a 68.

Tvesa birdied the 12th and bogeyed the 13th and was even par with four holes to go. She birdied the 15th, parred the 16th and closed birdie-birdie to share the lead.

Amateur Lavanya Gupta carded 1-over 72 and was fifth, while five players, Sneha Singh, Durga Nittur, Jasmine Shekar, Anvitha Narender and Vidhatri Urs were all tied sixth at 2-over 73 each.

Among other top stars, Amandeep Drall (74) was T-11 and Neha Tripathi (75) was T-14.

The field this week has a record 49 players vying for a prize purse of Rs. 17 lakhs. Hero MotoCorp’s support of the Tour has taken it to new levels.

Tee times for Round 2 of the Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour 2026 Leg 4 at Poona Club Golf Course, Pune:

1. 8:00 am: Prakruthi Sastry 84, Saanvi V Reddy 83, Jia Kardbhajne (A) 82;

2. 8:10 am: Prarthana Khanna 82, Ceerat Kang (A) 81, Shweta Mansingh 81;

3. 8:20 am: Yashita Raghav 81, Gourabi Bhowmick 81, Mayara Sharma 80;

4. 8:30 am: Jia Kochhar 80, Karishma Govind 80, Anahita Singh 80;

5. 8:40 am: Anaggha Venkatesh 79, Irene Nakalembe 79, Disha Kavery 79;

6. 8:50 am: Esther Lobo 79, Nayanika Sanga 78, Shagun Narain 77;

7. 9:05 am: Mannat Brar 77, Yaalisai Verma 77, Alysha Dutt (A) 77;

8. 9:15 am: Ananya Datar 77, Jahnavi Siddabathula 77, Agrima Manral 77;

9. 9:25 am: Jahanvi Bakshi 77, Ananya Garg 77, Ketaki Sood 77;

10. 9:35 am: Gauri Karhade 76, Heena Kang 76, Anisha Agarwalla 76;

11. 9:45 am: Jaanya Bishnoi (A) 75, Neha Tripathi 75, Eti Chaudhary 75;

12. 10:00 am: Lavanya Jadon 75, Rhea Purvi 75, Shrestha Shukla 74;

13. 10:10 am: Khushi Khanijau 74, Amandeep Drall 74, Vidhatri Urs 73;

14. 10:20 am: Anvitha Narender 73, Jasmine Shekar 73, Durga Nittur 73;

15. 10:30 am: Sneha Singh 73, Lavanya Gupta (A) 72, Anuradha Chaudhuri (A) 70;

16. 10:40 am: Vani Kapoor 69, Ridhima Dilawari 68, Tvesa Malik 68;